I consider health care to be the #1 concern for the future viability of this nation, though oil wars/energy independence, revamped ag policies top to bottom, economic justice and regulatory housecleaning across the board are all important issues as well.
Under the heading of energy policies, I'm going to have to weigh in on the whole renewed "nuclear option" horsehockey disguising itself as a cure for global warming and a means to energy independence in the 21st century. Nuclear power is a pig not even in its poke anymore - it's fat and ugly, it's voraciously greedy, it's arrogant of its filth, and it can't even fly. Hogzilla Unleashed.
We tried to leash it, honest. Succeeded for more than a quarter of a century, too. But they think we're all dead now, or maybe just so old we've forgotten. We have not.
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